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Emailing People Who Don't Know You

Professors, admissions offices and practitioners do reply — to the small share of emails worth replying to.

4 lessons, about 12 minutes in total. Nothing here is timed. Finish the course check and you earn the First Contact seal.

  1. 1. Why most of these emails fail
  2. 2. The five-line shape
  3. 3. Making the specificity real
  4. 4. Following up without becoming a nuisance
  5. Course check · 3 questions

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